Production: 5pb Release Date: 2013/06/27 Artist: Nao Song: Sincerely Resolution: 1280x720 File Size: 224MB ---> 37MB Official Site | EGS | VNDB
The player takes on the role of Naoki Sarizawa, the protagonist of Yubikiri no Kioku. Naoki used to live at Chinatsu’s home but is now living alone. Naoki is a second year student at the private Tōrin high school. Chinatsu Amakawa is also a second year student at the private Tōrin high school and is a classmate of Naoki’s. As Chinatsu is concerned about Naoki at all times, she commutes to school with him and is always around him during school hours.
Kasumi Nagumo is a runaway girl who suddenly arrived at the doorsteps of Naoki’s place and is forcibly living with him at the moment. Orihime Hoshitsuki is the new English teacher for Naoki’s class at Tōrin high school. Lisa Caycy Foster is an American girl who has gone to Japan to study abroad temporarily. Lisa works part-time at a restaurant called Fūrūyan and is where he meets Naoki. Lisa’s reason for studying in Japan is because of her interest in Japanese history and culture. Shiina Kodou is a first year student at Tōrin high school. She is very outgoing and loves gossip.
Note: I don’t want to bag on Nao or anything, because I really like her, but I found this kind of amusing. I noticed last month that one of her songs sounded like something from Kotoko. Well, now it seems that “Sincerely” has a striking resemblance to Trust by Ayumi Hamasaki, an old song from 1998. Listen to the intro and the chorus in that link. I won’t be quick to label plagiarism, because if you think about it, all music is derived from other music. Same could be said of all art in general, really. But it’s fairly obvious her producers are, knowingly or unknowingly, borrowing heavily from other popular songs. Often it’s on a subconscious level, and they don’t realize they’re doing it. I won’t presume to know what their intentions were here. I get the feeling Avex wouldn’t be quite as forgiving, though. XD
